Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God. — William Carey
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
Dont Expect Quotes
Loyalty is weird, it kicks in when you dont expect it and the people who deserve loyalty least seem to get it the most. — Russell Banks
Im very clear that everyone in the world loves me. I just dont expect them to realize it yet. — Byron Katie
I think I dont really have any expectations; I dont look at the season as a whole - I look at it race by race. — Casey Stoner
Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.
Dont expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: shes not the best singer in the world, but shes got where she has through hard work. — Rick Astley
I really dont feel like Im in any kind of contest. Except, maybe, with myself. Just want to learn and create and grow. Get better all the time with these filmmaking tools. I dont expect perfection from myself. Just progress. — Angela Bettis
We dont know Gods plan, but we do know were pretty blessed and God expects us to do something with that. — Catherine Hicks
A person who feels appreciated will always do more than is expected.
Dont expect your enemies to ever love you, or even like you, only respect you — Imi Lichtenfeld
Marriage is tolerable enough in its way if youre easygoing and dont expect too much from it. But it doesnt bear thinking about. — George Bernard Shaw
I dont like doing whats expected. Ive always done best when Ive listened to my instincts rather than following convention or doing what other people think I should do. — Shawn Colvin
The best piece of advice Ive ever been given was, Be in the business youre in. Dont just be a satellite around it and expect it to come to you. Be in the business youre in. — Ray Stevenson
Expect Nothing Quotes
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything. — Anonymous
But if the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter. — George Washington
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get--only with what you are expecting to give--which is everything. — Katharine Hepburn
Expect nothing, appreciate everything.
Don't just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in return. Kindness is not just about being nice; it's about recognizing another human being who deserves care and respect. — Colin Powell
If you do the bare minimum, expect bare minimum results. You want to be great, work to be great. Nothing just happens — J. J. Watt
Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything. — Harry Houdini
Kindness is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act with conditions.
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything. — Katharine Hepburn
My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier. — Anthony Hopkins
Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something. — Bill Parcells
Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes. — Charles Dickens
Do Not Expect Quotes
If you wish to leave much wealth to your children, leave them in God's care. Do not leave them riches, but virtue and skill. For if they learn to expect riches, they will not mind anything besides, and their abundant riches shall give them the means of screening the wickedness of their ways. — Saint John Chrysostom
I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images. — Huey Newton
Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return. — Katharine Hepburn
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjust the sails.
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. — William Penn
Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me. A king does not kill messengers. — Alexander The Great
Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program. — Linus Torvalds
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, And you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful. If not, it can't be helped. — Frederick Salomon Perls
You become what you do. How and what you become depends on environmental influence so you become who you hang around. Raise the standard your peers must meet and you'll raise your expectations of yourself. If your environment is not making you better, change it. — Mark Twight
Unexpected wonders happen, not on schedule, or when you expect or want them to happen, but if you keep hanging around, they do happen. — Wendell Berry
Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady. Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth, humanity, and your country, and you will move the world. — Swami Vivekananda
Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return — Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation. — Bette Davis
If you're abest during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success.
The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see. — John Tuley
The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see. — John Tukey
Carry out a randon act of kindness, with no expectations of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined. — Nicholas Sparks
Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair. — Rick Riordan
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world because they'd never expect it. — Jack Handey
Expect The Unexpected Quotes
As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of life become unexpected gifts that we accept with gratitude. — Etty Hillesum
All you have to do is follow three simple rules. One, never underestimate your opponent. Expect the unexpected. Two, take it outside. Never start anything inside the bar unless it's absolutely necessary. And three, be nice. — Patrick Swayze
Sometimes the best things in life are unexpected. — Faith Sullivan
Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.
When you demand nothing of the world, nor of God, when you want nothing, seek nothing, expect nothing, then the supreme state will come to you uninvited and unexpected. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The cardinal rule for hosting the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants is to expect the unexpected. — Bob Barker
The dream is realized where you do not expect it — Greek Proverbs
Instead of trying to change another person's behavior, try changing the way you react. Acceptance without expectations is less stressful.
True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed. — Tom Robbins
Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected? — Bob Dylan
The more you do for others without expectation of return, the more you'll get back from the most unexpected sources. — Brian Tracy
The key is to set realistic customer expectations, and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them - preferably in unexpected and helpful ways. — Richard Branson
Hope But Never Expect Quotes
Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement. — William Penn
Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain. — Samuel Johnson
I never expect anything. I am always amazed at why anybody goes to any movie or why anybody doesn't go to any movie. Any movie you make, you make it because you're hoping somebody wants to see it, but you never know. — Clint Eastwood
We think that idols are bad things, but that is almost never the case. The greater the good, the more likely we are to expect that it can satisfy our deepest needs and hopes. Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life. — Timothy Keller
I could go on and on. But that is just what gardening is, going on and on. My philistine of a husband often told with amusement how a cousin when asked when he expected to finish his garden replied 'Never, I hope'. And that, I think, applies to all true gardeners. — Margery Fish
I realize then that we never have children, we receive them. And sometimes it’s not for quite as long as we would have expected or hoped. But it is still far better than never having had those children at all. — Jodi Picoult
Realistic expectations for life are that we are going to be better today than we were yesterday, be better tomorrow than we were today. That's a plan for success. So [the key is] simple: just work. — Jim Harbaugh
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. — Dennis Wholey
You and I will meet again, When we're least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won't say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again. — Tom Petty
What did you expect? 'Welcome, sonny?' 'Make yourself at home?' 'Marry my daughter?' You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know . . . morons. — Gene Wilder
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. — William Arthur Ward
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised. — Norman Vincent Peale
Don't search for heaven and hell in the future. Both are now present. Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven. Whenever we fight, hate, we are in hell. — Shams Tabrizi
No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states. It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . . — Kwame Nkrumah
Do not expect that once taking advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russian has always come for their money. And when they come - do not rely on an agreement signed by you, you are supposed to justify. They are not worth the paper it is written. Therefore, with the Russian is to play fair, or do not play. — Otto von Bismarck
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine. — Bruce Lee
When your world falls apart and you're left with just yourself, you're forced to discover who you are without all the beliefs, expectations, views, & self-image provided by some teacher or system. The calculating mind gives way to the intuitive mind, Knowing without Thinking. — Gabrielle Roth
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. — Adam Smith
O my God, teach me to be generous
to serve you as you deserve to be served
to give without counting the cost
to fight without fear of being wounded
to work without seeking rest
and to spend myself without expecting any reward
but the knowledge that I am doing your holy will.
Amen — Ignatius of Loyola
When you are out observing on the gemba, do something to help them. If you do, people will come to expect that you can help them and will look forward to seeing you again on the gemba. — Taiichi Ohno
Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do, your giving will be thin and short-lived, and that is not what the poor need; it will only improvish them further. Give only if you have something you must give; give only if you are someone for whom giving is its own reward. — Dorothy Day
Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high. — Jim Rohn
If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success. — Will Smith
You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing. — Richard P. Feynman
[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It's unfair. If a man looks solemn, it's automatically assumed he's a serious person, not a miserable one. — Queen Elizabeth II
Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God's faithful presence in our lives. — Henri Nouwen
Let us allow God to act; He brings things to completion when we least expect it. — Vincent de Paul
Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record. If someone hurts you repeatedly, you are commanded by God to forgive them instantly, but you are not expected to trust them immediately, and you are not expected to continue allowing them to hurt you. — Rick Warren
Men make the moral code and they expect women to accept it. They have decided that it is entirely right and proper for men to fight for their liberties and their rights, but that it is not right and proper for women to fight for theirs. — Emmeline Pankhurst
You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. — Zig Ziglar
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